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Lauri Rapala. Lauri Rapala (1905–1974) was a Finnish fisherman, inventor and the founder of Rapala -Normark Group, the world's largest fishing lure and tackle producer. He died in 1974 at the age of 69. During the course of his life, he married once and fathered seven children. [1] He created one of the first artificial fishing lures in 1936 ...
Rapala (/ ˈ r æ p ə l ɑː / RAP-ə-lah) [1] is a fishing product manufacturing company based in Finland. It was founded in 1936 by Lauri Rapala, who is credited for creating the world's first floating minnow lure carved from cork with a shoemaker's knife, covered with chocolate candy bar wrappers and melted photography film negatives, for a protective outer coating. [2]
The Original Floater is a wobbler type of fishing lure, manufactured by Rapala. It is modeled after the first lure created by founder Lauri Rapala, in Finland in 1936. That prototype was made of cork wrapped in tinfoil and covered in melted film negatives as a cheap alternative to lacquer . Today, the original floater is made in seven different ...
10 August (both Estonia and Finland) Origin. Word/name. Estonian, Finnish. Region of origin. Estonia, Finland. Lauri is an Estonian and Finnish male given name. It can also be a surname. It may refer to the following people:
Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa. Categories: Inventors by nationality. Finnish people by occupation. Finnish inventions. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
F. Fish aggregating device; Fish stringer; Fish trap; Fish wheel; Fishfinder; Fishing bait; Fishing basket; Fishing float; Fishing gaff; Fishing light attractor ...
The Hydraulic Press Channel (HPC) is a YouTube channel operated by Finnish workshop owner Lauri Vuohensilta. Launched in October 2015, the channel publishes videos of various objects being crushed in a hydraulic press, as well as occasional experiments using different devices. On 31 October 2015, the channel published a video of Vuohensilta ...
Lauri Markkanen. Lauri Elias Markkanen (/ ˈlaʊri ˈmɑːrkənɛn / LAO-ree MAR-kə-nen; born 22 May 1997) is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and for the Finland national team. Nicknamed " the Finnisher ", [1] he is the son of Finnish basketball players Pekka and Riikka ...